كلية

See also: كلیه‎, کلیه‎, and کلیہ‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative noun (nisba) composed of كُلّ‎ (kull, “all, totality, everyone, everything”) +‎ ـِيَّة‎ (-iyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kul.lij.ja/

Noun

كُلِّيَّة • (kulliyya) f, plural كُلِّيَّات‎ (kulliyyāt)

  1. college, academy, school, secondary school
  2. faculty, school (of a university)
  3. (in the plural) complete works of an author
  4. (philosophy) predicate, conception
  5. totality, entirety
  6. completeness, fullness, wholeness
  7. universality, generality
  8. integrity
Declension
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: külliyyə
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كلیه‎ (külliye)
    • Turkish: külliye
  • → Persian: کلیه‎ (kolliyye)

(via plural كُلِّيَّات‎ (kulliyyāt)):

  • → Azerbaijani: külliyyat
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كلیات‎ (külliyat)
  • → Uzbek: kulliyot

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew כִּלְיָה‎ (kilyá, “kidney”), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎍𐎊𐎚 (klyt), Aramaic כּוֹלִיתָא‎ (kōlīṯā) (plural: כּוֹלְיָתָא‎ (kōləyāṯā)).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kul.ja/

Noun

كُلْيَة • (kulya) f, dual كُلْيَتَان‎ (kulyatān), plural كُلًى‎ (kulan) or كُلْيَات‎ (kulyāt)

  1. (anatomy) kidney
  2. waterworks
Declension
Descendants

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic كُلْيَة‎ (kulya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klij.ja/
  • (file)

Noun

كلية • (kliyya) f, plural كلاوي‎ (klāwi)

  1. kidney
    Synonym: كلوة‎ (kalwa)

Etymology 2

From Arabic كُلِّيَّة‎ (kulliyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kul.lij.ja/

Noun

كلية • (kulliyya) f, plural كليات‎ (kulliyyāt)

  1. faculty, school (of a university)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic كُلْوَة‎ (kulwa).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kil.je/, [ˈkɪl.je]
  • (file)

Noun

كلية • (kilye) f, plural كلاوي‎ (kalāwi)

  1. kidney

Etymology 2

From Arabic كُلِّيَّة‎ (kulliyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kul.lij.je/, [ˈkʊl.lij.je]
  • IPA(key): /kul.lij.ja/, [ˈkʊl.lij.ja]
  • (file)

Noun

كليّة • (kulliyye) f, plural كليات‎ (kulliyyāt)

  1. college, school of a university
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